Eight Throwback Movie Soundtracks We Love

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A killer soundtrack has become every bit as essential to a must-see movie as a talented cast or brilliantly-written script. Would Hunger Games be as agonizing if it wasn't set to "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift? Would Perks of Being A Wallflower be as awesomely '90s without a heavy dose of The Smiths? Would Les Misérable be Les Misérable without "I Dreamed A Dream"? Not a chance.

In the last few years, music has gone from a forgettable extra to scene-stealing star, but that doesn't mean noteworthy soundtracks didn't exist before Bella and Edward slow-danced Iron & Wine at prom.

From the '70s doo-wop in Now and Then to the '90s grunge rock in Cruel Intentions, check out these retro albums you need to know (and own!).

Revisit these old-school albums from classic flicks like Almost Famous and Clueless.

A killer soundtrack has become every bit as essential to a must-see movie as a talented cast or brilliantly-written script. Would Hunger Games be as agonizing if it wasn't set to "Safe & Sound" by Taylor Swift? Would Perks of Being A Wallflower be as awesomely '90s without a heavy dose of The Smiths? Would Les Misérable be Les Misérable without "I Dreamed A Dream"? Not a chance.

In the last few years, music has gone from a forgettable extra to scene-stealing star, but that doesn't mean noteworthy soundtracks didn't exist before Bella and Edward slow-danced Iron & Wine at prom.

From the '70s doo-wop in Now and Then to the '90s grunge rock in Cruel Intentions, check out these retro albums you need to know (and own!).

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Revisit these old-school albums from classic flicks like Almost Famous and Clueless.